Oct. 26, 2023

This paid event listing is sponsored by South Dakota Blockchain Institute. 

The South Dakota Blockchain Institute will host its inaugural Fall Symposium on Nov. 2.

Held from 8:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Convention Center, the event presented by Big Watt Digital will feature speakers covering topics such as Web3, blockchain technology, digital assets and artificial intelligence across many industries.

The goal of the symposium is to educate and inform attendees about how these technologies and innovations can and will impact the economic landscape of South Dakota.

“South Dakota has been on the leading edge of financial innovation. As a pro-business state, South Dakota is now pioneering the new frontier in digital assets and blockchain technology,” SDBI chair Barry Sackett said. “We are thrilled to host our first symposium in Sioux Falls, bringing national and local leaders together to explore how these innovations will impact our state.”

South Dakota Blockchain Institute was established in late 2021 to advocate, educate and position South Dakota at the forefront of a wave of growth and opportunity associated with blockchain technology. The institute is comprised of thought leaders and experts in industries that are, or will be, directly impacted by blockchain technology, digital assets, machine learning and artificial intelligence — all part of the innovations occurring in the build-out of Web3.

The Fall Symposium will feature 22 speakers including:

• Barry Sackett, managing partner of Goosmann Law Firm.
• Carla Reyes, assistant professor of law at SMU Dedman School of Law.
• Charles Mooney Jr., University of Pennsylvania professor of law, emeritus.
• Dr. Brigitte Piniewski, founder and CEO at BlockHealth LLC, with Taylor Otten, director of strategic optimization at Avera.
• Ben Wiener, CEO of Benaiah Co.
• Dana Syracuse, Josh Boehm and Kendra Haar of Paul Hastings LLP.
• Nick Carmi, vice president for institutional markets at Circle, with Kyle Pickner from Crypto.com.
• Jeremy Nichele, founder at Big Watt Digital, with Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, president, Dakota State University.
• Eric McDonald, CEO of CoinLoin.
• John Meyer, founder of Leadmore, with Dan Klosterman, founder of Staticflow.
• Joe Santos, director and professor of economics at SDSU, and Brittany Kjerstad McKnight, assistant professor of business law at SDSU.
• Rafeal Mojdan, director of the MN Blockchain Initiative, along with Bailey Belisario, research engineer at DSU, and Danny McCabe, co-founder and CEO of Flexa.

Tickets for the event are $125 per person. To purchase tickets and view a complete list of speakers and bios, click here.

Event sponsors including presenting sponsor Big Watt Digital, speaker sponsor Benaiah Co., gold sponsor ZeroHash and sponsor Goosmann Law Firm.